"I have set my king on Zion, my holy mountain."

Let me announce the decree of the LORD that he told me: "You are my son, today I have become your father.

Kiss the son before he becomes angry, and you die where you stand. Indeed, his wrath can flare up quickly. How blessed are those who take refuge in him. A Davidic Psalm, when he fled from his son Absalom.

Be angry, yet do not sin. Think about this when upon your beds, and be silent. Interlude

what is man that you take notice of him, or the son of man that you pay attention to him?

Sing praises to the LORD who dwells in Zion; declare his mighty deeds among the nations.

so I may declare everything for which you should be praised in the gates of the daughter of Zion, so I will rejoice in your deliverance.

May Israel's deliverance come from Zion! When the LORD restores the fortunes of his people, Jacob will rejoice, and Israel will be glad. A Davidic Psalm.

Then the channels of the sea could be seen, and the foundations of the earth were uncovered because of your rebuke, LORD, because of the blast from the breath of your nostrils.

yet their message goes out into all the world, and their words to the ends of the earth. He has set up a tent for the sun in the heavens,

Who can detect his own mistake? Cleanse me from hidden sin.

May he send you help from the sanctuary, and may he sustain you from Zion.

For the sake of your name, LORD, forgive my sin, for it is great.

How blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.

When I kept silent about my sin, my body wasted away by my groaning all day long.

My sin I acknowledged to you; my iniquity I did not hide. I said, "I will confess my transgressions to the LORD." And you forgave the guilt of my sin! Interlude

Indeed, they soon will wither like grass, and like green herbs they will fade away.

He will bring forth your righteousness as a light, and your justice as the noonday sun.

I once was young and now I am old, but I have not seen a righteous person forsaken or his descendants begging for bread.

My body is unhealthy due to your anger, and my bones have no rest due to my sin.

I confess my iniquity, and my sin troubles me.

You take no delight in sacrifices and offerings you have prepared my ears to listen you require no burnt offerings or sacrifices for sin.

Beautifully situated, the joy of all the earth, Mount Zion towards the north, the city of the great King.

Just as we have heard, so have we seen; in the city of the LORD of the heavenly armies even in the city of our God God will establish her forever. Interlude

Mount Zion will be glad; the towns of Judah will rejoice because of your judgments.

March around Zion; encircle her; count her towers.

God, the LORD, has spoken. He has summoned the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting place.

From Zion, the perfection of beauty, God has shined forth.

You sit and speak against your brother; you slander your own mother's son.

Wash me from my iniquity, cleanse me from my sin.

For I acknowledge my transgression; my sin remains continuously before me.

Indeed, in iniquity I was brought forth; in sin my mother conceived me.

Purge me with hyssop, and I will be clean. Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.

Show favor to Zion in your good pleasure; and rebuild the walls of Jerusalem.

Would that Israel's deliverance come out of Zion! When God restores the fortunes of his people, Jacob will rejoice and Israel will be glad. To the Director: With stringed instruments. A Davidic instruction, when the Ziphites came and told Saul, "David is hiding among us, is he not?"

for he has delivered me from every trouble, and my eyes have seen the end of my enemies. To the Director: With stringed instruments. A Davidic instruction.

Confound them, Lord, and confuse their speech, because I have seen violence and strife in the city.

May they be like a snail that dries up as it crawls; like a woman's stillborn baby, who never saw the sun.

Look, they lie in ambush for my life; these violent men gather together against me, but not because of any transgression or sin of mine, LORD.

The sin of their mouth is the word on their lips. They will be caught in their own conceit; for they speak curses and lies.

In Zion, God, praise silently awaits you, and vows will be paid to you.

the land quaked. Indeed, the heavens poured down rain from the presence of God, this God of Sinai, from the presence of God, the God of Israel.

When the Almighty scattered the kings there, there was snow on Mt. Zalmon.

God's chariots were many thousands. The Lord was there with them at Sinai in holiness.

For God will deliver Zion and will rebuild the cities of Judah so they may live there and possess them.

God, endow the king with ability to render your justice, and the king's son to render your right decisions.

May they fear you as long as the sun and moon shine from generation to generation.

May his fame be eternal as long as the sun may his name endure, and may they be blessed through him, and may all nations call him blessed.

This ends the prayers of Jesse's son David. A song of Asaph.

Their eyes bulge from obesity and the imaginations of their mind cross the border into sin.

Remember your community, whom you purchased long ago, the tribe whom you redeemed for your possession. Remember Mount Zion, where you live.

Yours is the day, and yours is the night; you established the moon and the sun.

His abode is in Salem, his dwelling place in Zion.

He performed marvelous things in the presence of their ancestors in the land of Egypt in the fields of Zoan.

when he set his signs in Egypt and his wonders in the plain of Zoan.

But he chose the tribe of Judah, the mountain of Zion, which he loves.

May you support the man at your right hand; the son of man whom you have raised for yourself.

They will walk from strength to strength; each will appear before God in Zion.

For the LORD God is a sun and shield; the LORD grants grace and favor; the LORD will not withhold any good thing from those who walk blamelessly.

Surely, he will soon deliver those who fear him, for his glory will live in our land.

Return to me and have mercy on me; clothe your servant with your strength and deliver the son of your maid servant.

Show me a sign of your goodness, so that those who hate me will see it and be ashamed. For you, LORD, will help and comfort me. A psalm by the descendants of Korah. A song.

The LORD loves the gates of Zion more than the dwellings of Jacob.

Indeed, about Zion it will be said: "More than one person was born in it," and "The Most High himself did it."

His dynasty will last forever and his throne will be like the sun before me.

He will repay them for their sin; he will annihilate them because of their evil. The LORD our God will annihilate them.

where your ancestors tested me. They tested me, even though they had seen my awesome deeds.

Zion hears and rejoices; the towns of Judah rejoice on account of your justice, LORD.

The LORD is great in Zion and is exalted above all nations.

You will arise to extend compassion on Zion, for it is time to show her favor the appointed time has come.

When the LORD rebuilds Zion, he will appear in his glory.

so they would declare the name of the LORD in Zion and his praise in Jerusalem,

He made the moon to mark time; the sun knows its setting time.

When the sun rises, they gather and lie down in their dens.

When he is judged, may he be found guilty; may his prayer be regarded as sin.

When the LORD extends your mighty scepter from Zion, rule in the midst of your enemies.

From rising to setting sun, may the name of the LORD be praised.

LORD, I am indeed your servant. I am your servant. I am the son of your handmaid. You have released my bonds.

I have stored what you have said in my heart, so I won't sin against you.

I will lift up my hands to your commands, which I love, and I will meditate on your statutes. Zayin

The sum of your word is truth, and each righteous ordinance of yours is everlasting. Sin/Shin

The sun will not ravage you by day, nor the moon by night.

Those who are trusting in the LORD are like Mount Zion, which cannot be overthrown. They remain forever.

When the LORD brought back Zion's exiles, we were like dreamers.

May the LORD bless you from Zion, and may you observe the prosperity of Jerusalem every day that you live!

Let all who hate Zion be turned away and be ashamed.

For the LORD has chosen Zion, desiring it as his dwelling place.

It is like the dew of Hermon falling on Zion's mountains. For there the LORD commanded his blessing life everlasting. A Song of Ascents

May the LORD who fashions heaven and earth bless you from Zion.

Blessed be the LORD from Zion, he who lives in Jerusalem. Hallelujah!

the sun to illumine the day, for his gracious love is everlasting

There we sat down and cried by the rivers of Babylon as we remembered Zion.

for it was there that our captors asked us for songs and our torturers demanded joy from us, "Sing us one of the songs about Zion!"

The LORD will reign forever, your God, Zion, for all generations! Hallelujah!

Glorify the LORD, Jerusalem! Praise your God, Zion!

He supplies snow like wool, scattering frost like ashes.

Praise him, sun and moon; praise him, all you shining stars.

fire, hail, snow, fog, and wind storm that carry out his command,

May Israel rejoice in its Maker, and Zion's descendants in their King!